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Seven Foreign Stocks Paying 7%+ Dividends

Sun, 20 Dec 2009 23:01:10 -0500

How will the changing Canadian tax code effect the return to US holders of these securities? PWE will likely be adversely effected but not sure about the other two.

On Dec 20 02:56 PM Uncle Pie wrote:

> Here are 5 more non US stocks with yields over 7% and market caps
> over $1 Billion. I did not run a "screen" to find them...I own them.
>
> CSCTF Crescent Point Corp. Produces light oil from the prolific
> Bakken trend in Saskatchewan. Has some 40 years' worth of future
> drilling projects ahead of it, according to management. Yields 7%
> currently.
> KEYUF Keyera Facilities Income Fund, Canadian company gathers, processes,
> refines, stores and markets natural gas and natural gas products
> like propane, ethane, etc. Yield 7.5%.
> PWE Penn West Income Trust, Canada's largest conventional oil &
> gas income trust. Has a dominant position in the mature Pembina
> field, which offers upside potential from the deployment of new enhanced
> recovery techniques like fraccing and horizontal drilling which have
> worked so well on shale gas. Yield for 2010 expected to be about
> 9.8%

8 Stocks Compounding Their Dividends

Sun, 20 Dec 2009 20:30:05 -0500

Nice website. It would have been even better to have an additional column showing payout ratio. Without the payout ratio, its hard to figure if the company is making the money its giving away in dividends or dipping into its cash at hand. Payout ratio is the percent of the earnings the company pays out as dividends.

On Dec 20 05:14 AM jump4joy2 wrote:

> A handy tool (and always perform your own due dilligence, of course):
>
>
> Highest dividend yielding stocks top 250:
>
> www.TopYields.nl/Top-2...

Market Volume: Still an Unanswered Question

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 03:58:14 -0500

Despite all the opining about low volume, I dont see it when I look at the SPY, as recommended in a comment above. The link below is the volume for the past 5 years, on a monthly basis ( you may have to scroll down to see the volumes). The only time volume has been below 3b shares was around Dec 08, in the past 12 months. Otherwise its always above 4b. It gets down to around 4b in Jul and in the last month. In fact, volume has been one of the highest, between the Dec 08 trough and Jul 09. This is true when you stretch the comparison period further back, say 1999, by changing the dates in the lower right. Check it out:
finance.yahoo.com/echa...=^GSPC#symbol=^GSPC;ra...

Amylin: A Discounted Option on Byetta's Outcome

Mon, 04 May 2009 02:30:35 -0400

Thanks for the good analysis. A few more details would help the decision. How much did Icahn pay for Amylin shares? How much are Byetta sales down as a result of newly discovered Byetta side effects? What is the likelihood of pancreatitis and thyroid tumors? What is the profit sharing agreement between Amylin and Lilly for Byetta? Where is Byetta with respect to capturing the diabetes market? What is the profit sharing agreement between Alkermes, Amylin and Lilly for extended Byetta?

Ormat Technologies: A Look at Geothermal Energy

Mon, 29 Dec 2008 00:28:41 -0500

Ormat may be too expensive. Calpine, US Geothermal better bets in this field. cpn has the largest current geothermal capacity, htm just ramping up, recently got Dept of Energy grant for Enhanced Geothermal Systems - tech for improving availability and output. Both stocks depressed, cpn due to nat gas - should pick up as coal gets phased out & cars start running on natgas, htm due to general malaise in energy stocks & small cap.

The Four Best-Capitalized Internet Companies

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 21:34:09 -0400

Isnt EHTH at a disadvantage if Obama gets elected? Obama proposes to establish or expand the health insurance provided to congressmen and federal employees to the general public. So it would make co's business irrelevant, if everybody can get the relatively good health insurance.

Is Northern Dynasty Minerals Now a Bargain?

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 21:04:12 -0400

Where did the $1,5 billion go? NAK shows only $41million cash at hand. Will the co. be able to develop the mine with so little money, without going out for more funds and diluting the current shares? It shows no revenue, so selling shares or more pieces of the resources are the only ways to get financing. Or maybe it can dig into the mattress for some of that $1,5b.

Still, the Crooks Be Winnin'

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 21:25:59 -0400

Not incompetence...intenti... criminal negligence..on behalf of the crooks....these idealogues know very well the hand is giving the middle finger to retail investors....the question is, does the retail investor know....elections will show..

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Anesiva 'Pain-free' High Growth

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 18:32:56 -0400

The company should lower the cost of the product to start moving it, or maybe give it away and make money on the supplies. It could also be used for other applications where the cream is used, such as minor facial procedures.

Lev Pharmaceutical: Bullish, Despite Delayed FDA Decision

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 22:20:41 -0400

Once approved, what would prevent other companies to muscle in with their versions? If cinryze has been used in Europe for 20-30 years, it must not have any use or composition patents.